nature and nurture in suburban spaces

Another in the series of flower portraits, this is a cluster of flowers of the Dais cotinifolia.

For obvious reasons it is referred to as the Pompon Tree. It is also known as the Pincushion Tree. It is a relatively small tree, ideal for gardens, and it flowers in early summer. In our area it drops its leaves at the end of winter and acquires new leaves in late spring.

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Sharing insights and celebrating the creatures and plants that inhabit and enrich suburban spaces, with images mostly from my own garden in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands in South Africa and sometimes from further afield.

I love these trees! They are not so common so close to the coastline in the Cape where we live, but I revamped a garden down the road where there were a couple of the Pompoms in a row….sheltered behind a large Milkwood, which, I believe helped to protect them from the direct North- Westerly winds. Great picture once more, Carol.

Thanks Suzette. That’s great that they coped when being sheltered by the Milkwood. They can be quite temperamental. The most prolifically flowering ones I have seen, oddly enough, were in a row at the edge of a large office car park.